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The Foyn Coast is that portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Alexander and Cape Northrop.
The coast was discovered in 1893 by a Norwegian expedition under Captain Carl Anton Larsen, who named it for Svend Foyn, a Norwegian whaler of Tønsberg whose invention of the grenade harpoon greatly facilitated modern whaling.
Location
- Location map: 66°39’58"S, 64°19’59"W
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Foyn Coast
